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Lebanon: Nearly 500 people were killed across southern Lebanon after Israel launched its biggest ariel offensive against Iran-backed Shite militant group Hezbollah since the beginning of war in Gaza on October 7. Lebanese health ministry said around 1,650 people were wounded and about 100 women and children were among the dead.<\/p>\n
Minor clashes and skirmishes were a daily affair along Israel\u2019s northern border with Lebanon as Hezbollah continued to launch hundreds of rockets into Israel on a daily basis. The group said its actions are in solidarity with the people of Palestine surviving Israel\u2019s brutal military campaign in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Tensions escalated in August as Hezbollah launched rockets and drones in retaliation for Israel killing its top commander Faud Shukr in July. On Sunday, the militant group launched more than 100 rockets again as it declared an \u201copen-ended battle of reckoning\u201d with Israel after hundreds of pagers and radios exploded across Lebanon in serial explosions. Lebanon blamed Israel and its top spy agency Mossad for the incident targeting Hezbollah members.<\/p>\n
Israel had claimed that diplomatic efforts to stop Hezbollah\u2019s attacks are failing, and an all-out war might be the only way to stop the attacks on its northern borders and enable citizens to return to their homes.<\/p>\n
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is \u201cgravely alarmed by the escalating situation\u201d in Lebanon. He expressed alarm on both Israel\u2019s bombing campaign and Hezbollah\u2019s continued strikes into Israel. \u201cAll efforts must be devoted to a diplomatic solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the clashes threaten to push the region into an \u201call-out war\u201d. \u201cI can say we are almost in a full-fledged war. We\u2019re seeing more military strikes, more damage, more collateral damage, more victims,\u201d Borrell said ahead of a gathering of world leaders at the UN.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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